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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAfrocardium richardi (Audouin, 1826) 
AphiaID: 138996

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBivalvia (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterodonta (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEuheterodonta (Infraclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVeneroida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCardioidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCardiidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOrthocardiinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAfrocardium (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAfrocardium Tomlin, 1931
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAfrocardium crenelloides (Melvill, 1909)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCardium arabicus Issel, 1869 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCardium carditaeforme Reeve, 1845 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCardium crenelloides Melvill, 1909 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCardium ebaranum Yokoyama, 1927
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCardium euglyptum G. B. Sowerby III, 1914 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCardium richardi Audouin, 1826
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCardium roseolum Melvill, 1909 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCardium rubescens E. A. Smith, 1911 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCardium skeeti Hedley, 1906 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
Mediterranean Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMediterranean Sea (non native) [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Red Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRed Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDelivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo CLEMAM 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI 
Images Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show unreviewed]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138996
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2014). Afrocardium richardi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138996 on 2014-04-24
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